The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Smallholding => Equipment => Topic started by: Mad Scientist on October 19, 2013, 08:02:36 pm
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I spent a few hours this afternoon clearing a pile of old fencing that had been left for years and had weeds growing over it. Having now pulled it all loose with the assistance of a small tractor, lots of swearing and a few deep trenches where the tractor wasnt up to the job. Whats the best way of disposing of tangled up sheep/pig netting? My OH says cutting it into 6 ft sections after removing the rotten remains of the old posts and stacking it on the pile of metal for the scrappy when he brings a skip
P.S. Not sure if this is the right section
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rip the posts out then send it for scrap!!!
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Yes weigh it in
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+1 weigh it in :thumbsup:
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Its already destined for the scrapman, along with a reasonable sized pile of random metal including rusty old gates, parts of old vehicles and a very old marine compressor with no engine. I was more after the best way to turn several 20metre lengths of extremely tangled fencing into something manageable that will stack easily. Best get busy with the wire cutters tomorrow.
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Roll it up, or what usually happens is you end up folding it in about 1 m lengths, jump up and down on it to squish it !
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Yup, fold and squish ;). Cutting may be necessary too, depening on length.
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Yes - all of the above. Roll, squish, put it on scrappy pile.
If we only have small bits (I think we have finally exorcised the vast majority of our derelict fencing) - I fold it up really small - really really small - and toss it into the metal recycling skip at the recycling centre but they don't like you taking down huge bits because - by rights - it's agricultural waste and therefore incurs a fee.
But if it's small enough for them to turn a blind eye to - they will. :innocent:
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These days all scrap metal is worth money, so if you've more than a tiny bit it's worth taking to a scrap dealer.
(I know the OP is doing this anyway, it was just for the benefit of others.)
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Scrappies hate wire as it messes up their machinery - so you either have to hide it, be very nice to them or slowly but surely take it bit by bit to the council recycling (and they don't like it either!!)
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Thanks for the advice :)
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Scrappies hate wire as it messes up their machinery - so you either have to hide it, be very nice to them or slowly but surely take it bit by bit to the council recycling (and they don't like it either!!)
The only consolation of this is that the fences of animals fields tend not to be nicked at least, when they are nicking the gates, so at least you have a fence left!
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I spent hours and hours cutting up wires from an old fence that I had pulled up from the ground and packing it into a trailer.
It weighed in at the scrappy as 200kg and I got £20 for it. Considering all the effort it took me I can see why people don't steal fences. Still, it is better than the alternative which was "dump it in a heap and wait for it to rust away".